附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-241) and index.
1. Australia, a sporting nation -- 2. Beginning a professional sports system -- 3. EEvolution of the sports system -- 4. Consolidation of the sports system -- 5. How governments assist sport -- 6. Community support for sport -- 7. A professional sports system in place -- 8. The future: where to from here? -- Appendices.
摘要:"John Bloomfield traces the development of Australian sport from the early nineteenth century, when qualities of nationalism, social cohesion and tenacity developed as distinctive Australian character traits, partly as a result of sport. However this book's primary focus is on the modern era and a nation's investment in science, management, coaching and junior sport. The Australian sports system has become a blueprint for success, and is now being copied around the world."--BOOK JACKET.
